Education Essay
Reading-to-writing: an Effective Approach to Improving Students’ EFL Writing Ability in Senior High Schools
English Major LI Ze-feng
Abstract: EFL (English as a foreign language) writing is one of the four basic skills of English learning. However, EFL writing, as a highly complex productive activity, has always been a big problem to students in senior high schools. Most of the students may feel perplexed when confronting EFL writing and always get half the result with twice the effort. Luckily, reading-to-writing approach can effectively enlarge the students’ amount of vocabulary, promote their ability in using words and arranging sentences, enrich their writing materials, obtain writing skills and cultivate their sense of English language and composition structures. This thesis, through an analysis of the present situation of English writing in senior high schools and expositions of the nature of and the relationship between reading and writing, aims to prove the necessity and feasibility of reading-to-writing approach and put forward reading-to-writing approach in EFL writing practice. Adopting reading-to-writing approach in our EFL writing practice persistently, we will improve our EFL writing ability effectively. Key Words: EFL reading and writing; reading-to-writing; writing ability; effective approach
“以读促写” 提高高中生英语写作能力的有效途径
英语专业 黎泽峰
[摘 要] 英语写作是英语学习的四个基本技能之一。然而，英语写作一直是捆扰我国高中生的一大难题。英语写作作为一个高度复杂的产出性活动，许多学生在面对英语写作时往往不知从何下手，在英语写作方面的努力往往也是事倍功半。以读促写法能有效地拓展词汇量、丰富写作素材、习得写作技巧、提高遣词造句的能力以及培养语感和篇章结构意识。因此，本文通过分析目前高中英语写作的现状和阐述阅读与写作的本质以及阅读与写作的关系，说明了以读促写的必要性和可行性以及如何在英语写作实践中运用以读促写的方法。掌握以读促写的方法并持之以恒地将这种方法运用到英语写作实践当中去，我们便能够有效地提高英语写作能力。 [关键词] 英语阅读；英语写作；以读促写；写作能力；有效途径
1 Introduction
Nowadays, communication between different nations and cultures increases dramatically. English, as an international language, is becoming more and more important and is used more and more widely in our daily life. As Liu Ye (刘烨，2006) concludes
English Major LI Ze-feng
Abstract: EFL (English as a foreign language) writing is one of the four basic skills of English learning. However, EFL writing, as a highly complex productive activity, has always been a big problem to students in senior high schools. Most of the students may feel perplexed when confronting EFL writing and always get half the result with twice the effort. Luckily, reading-to-writing approach can effectively enlarge the students’ amount of vocabulary, promote their ability in using words and arranging sentences, enrich their writing materials, obtain writing skills and cultivate their sense of English language and composition structures. This thesis, through an analysis of the present situation of English writing in senior high schools and expositions of the nature of and the relationship between reading and writing, aims to prove the necessity and feasibility of reading-to-writing approach and put forward reading-to-writing approach in EFL writing practice. Adopting reading-to-writing approach in our EFL writing practice persistently, we will improve our EFL writing ability effectively. Key Words: EFL reading and writing; reading-to-writing; writing ability; effective approach
“以读促写” 提高高中生英语写作能力的有效途径
英语专业 黎泽峰
[摘 要] 英语写作是英语学习的四个基本技能之一。然而，英语写作一直是捆扰我国高中生的一大难题。英语写作作为一个高度复杂的产出性活动，许多学生在面对英语写作时往往不知从何下手，在英语写作方面的努力往往也是事倍功半。以读促写法能有效地拓展词汇量、丰富写作素材、习得写作技巧、提高遣词造句的能力以及培养语感和篇章结构意识。因此，本文通过分析目前高中英语写作的现状和阐述阅读与写作的本质以及阅读与写作的关系，说明了以读促写的必要性和可行性以及如何在英语写作实践中运用以读促写的方法。掌握以读促写的方法并持之以恒地将这种方法运用到英语写作实践当中去，我们便能够有效地提高英语写作能力。 [关键词] 英语阅读；英语写作；以读促写；写作能力；有效途径
1 Introduction
Nowadays, communication between different nations and cultures increases dramatically. English, as an international language, is becoming more and more important and is used more and more widely in our daily life. As Liu Ye (刘烨，2006) concludes
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